The Islander. VOL. 1. HONOLULU, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1875. NO. 33

:rilE 1:'1.ANDER. acconnts tOl' the gl'eat number of nominal Chl'istians A 'Veekly Journal" devoted. .to Hllwaiian ioterests. Particular attention is whose Christianity cannot be discovered by any fmits, glVCQ 10 Scientific Researches; especiall}' among the Pacitl..: lalalU.ls. Home and to be more than nominal. "vVe agree most strongly Foreign Newli form a prominent feature of the paper.. It aima at lIiscu!!Isiug everything of ioterellt and imporlllUce a.nd ma.king itself us nec~8sary to tlie ,vith Arnold, that the prevailing theology needs im­ nome ali to the lIIan of lHl:!llne~s or the g~lIera.l student.. The list of contributors prr'vement j 'call the bet.ter something, new or old, we cmlJraces the belit literary talent of the islands. cal'e not, it is the lesson of Christ's words and life and o:::r CommUDlCalions to be addreAsed to THOS •. G. TnRUM, Busioess Agent, Honolulu, death, and it is best exemplified at the present day not Price Two Dollnr. and Fifty Cent. a year, or Twenly-nve Cenl. per Month. by creeds and dogmas, but, by the lives of those who Cash ahvaYlJ in advance. Single Copie~ TenCent:J. "visit the fatlierless and widows in their aflliction and who keep themselves unspotted from the world." THE ISLANDER. Sometimes the clergymen of the day preach this 'fUE Gazette of this week criticises at some length, gospel and sometimes they do not" 'Ve have heard and unfavorably, AI;nold's papero'ntbe " New Theol­ from church pulpits, purely selfish moti~es'appealed ogy" published in our last numbel". We do not un­ to in urgiug a religions life until, had we not been derstand that article, to be a s~at,elil.ent of the new better instructed otherwise, we should have been theology, or even an unqualified defence of it, but ready to beiieve, as did a fr~nd of ours, that the spirit rather a recognition ofa growing desire among the ofreligion was well eXI)ressed in the adage-"look best minds and most honest heal'ts for something bet­ out for number one, and the devil take the hindmost." ter than what he calls the" old theology." rfhe revie\v We refer to this feature of what Arnold calls the charges that the write!' is opposed to the theology of old theology because It appears ,to be one of the most the Bible, "of Moses and David and Isaiah and Christ dangerous of its objectionable traits. 'fhe com·mon­ and John and PaUli" whei~eas,~o word in the article ness with which clergyrp.en fall into this infel'ior and supports such a statement, ,On thecontrai'y it nses \lnchtistian style of personal 'appeal 'Is p~obably signif­ such langua~e as this: "Men have felt that in their icant rather of the character of the prevailing theology relations towards God they could I'epose upon the than of the prevailing religious sentiment,though it dictates of that which brought them nearest the Intel­ doubtless injuriously affects the latter. ligence that created them-the puJ.-ified reason of the THE Advertise?' of_last week with its customary devout Christian, no longer groping in the dark and effrontery, claims the credit of the newspaper agitation subject to the prejudices of Biblica critics, but fixed which led to late improvements at the reservoir. The upon a rock which is Chl'ist, and who dwelleth as the moral laws which govern newspapers are doubtless the Eternal Reason and has implanted in us that by which same, 01' OIight to be, as those governing human inter· we may ascertain what things are of God and what course. If that journal's assertion had been true, it not~" The theology that isopposed,.is the hard theol­ would probably have been safe to leave the matter for ogy of Augustine and Calvin, the Westminster Cate_ others,to recognize and praise.. We arc under the im­ chism and the Athanasian Creed, and not the old pression that a communication published in..our pages Bi~le,":"'it .theology of the is the theology of men, on the 16th of Juiy, and entitled "The Cow Pasture '~Biblical critics," not the theology of Christ,-the Nuisance;" opened the discussion of the subject which .ever ne'''' ' We are 'sorry to 'have to say it, that even led to the results mentioned. Weare nsed to this at this day, and among .those riot in the Roman kind of thing. ho\\;ever ill the said paper and are pre­ Cpnrch, the're are many wlro bold the singularly incon­ pared to say with tIle immOltal Toots" it's noconse­ sistant view, that the reason of' each individual man is quence." not a safe. court of investigation of the -claims of Christianity, put that some one else's i'eason, nari-tely, THE Board of Health have at last had a chance to the intelligence ofIi divine ora Biblical critic of the really test their mettle, and to win back a proportion right school' is a reliable guide. And so, holiest and ofthat very valuable thing, public favor." Information thOl'ough investigation is discouraged, and a weak and was received in the form of a complaint, that a quanti­ second hat'ld dependance on the human opinion'of' ty of strong salmon lay stOl'ed in a cellar on Kaahuma­ others approved of. Of course this style of. proselyt­ nu street. A good smeller having been sent to the ing cannot produce converts of much religious intelli­ front as a scout, the complaint was satisfactorily vel'i­ Hence or much value to the church and the world, fied, and the Board pl'Oceeded to act. 'By a prompt except to swell statistics. This sentiment probably and brilliant strategic move the cellar was outflanked, /

/222 Is 1 all d e r. I ==::::::;======------'----- ,I whereupon the salmon notwithstanding its hitherto -i~-l cording bearings w~re intr~duce(l in ~I1 ~i;~~i;ti-~~;-b; vincible odor capitulated as 'prisoners or contraband ofI survey. By this system West is 90°; North=180°, East " , J 'e ot bee d fi 'tely )'lltiorllled ",II'ICll i =270°$ all intermediate bearings accordingly. Thus N. .I wal, "e- lav nne nl ... , 800 W. 1000 N ° E ° S ° E ° I ' '1 f h' ' fi d" .IS ;.80.,260 ; I .80 '.,280, ane so on. Atter a CoUUCl 0 war, t e vIctors, ~s we arc In onne', One speedily becomes' accustomed to associating the di- released the captured salmon on theu' parole of honor, rection with the figure. 'rhe advantages are numerous; uot to, do so again, and the latter immediately took in the first place, a great saving of brain labor. The possession of :mothcr cellar which is situated somc- laborof recording is far less, the corrections :Ire uniform, where under the Gazette sanctum which they now the magnetic azimuth being always less (in this country) hold. It is to be hoped that there ,~ill be no furthcr! than the tl'Ue. ,'1'he liability to error by copyists is v~ry ,•.,' , I much less, one of the most frequent enol'S occurrlllg dlffi~ulty WIth these somcwhat unmanageable for~es; Inow-a-days being the substitution, for instance, of S. 89° but If the Gazette should hereafter happen to fall llltO W. for N. 89° \V" auel id omne genus. It would not be bad odor, we shall know -the reason. The condnct of I' best to introduce it at present, except in giving sights to the Board in this trying movement was all that could distant objects, which would accustom observant people be asked of any Board, and if they are illegal they i to its use. should be declared legal" by authority." I It is a commendable method to write out 01' "engross" , the notes of survey on the sheet of drawing paper con- NEWS. taining the map. Many notes have been lost in conse- Local Jott-ings.-Oct. 8th.-The concert last evening quence of the common method of writing them on a brought a little rain,_ with a short visit of " trades," but separate !>heet. It is somewhat laborious to engross they retired again to-day.--The Ravenstondale took them, but it pays in the end. her departure to-day for San Francisco, as did one H. C. I Notes of survey should be concise but full, without a Roberts, 'ta the regret of many creditors.' I single unnecessary word, such as the' customary one, Oct. 9th.-The band gave its usual concert at Emma "Begiillling at the south angle of thiS,"----of cOllrse the ,Square at half-past four, which was an excellent one. notes themselves show that it is the south angle. 'l'he The Square is beginning to show vast iinprovements I int,l'oduction of the following specimen from an a,ct~al under its new management. I case, .may be p.ardoned on account of the co~bJl1lDg Oct, 10th.-Accident on the PaJama road ,vherein a' thereID of the dIfferent needed elements of certamty: carriage" was run into and smashed by Chine~eriders, its "Beginning at a rock marked wit,h an arrow, N. 17° occupants-happily- but slightly hurt. ,E. true, 250 feet from the head of a waterfall on this Oct, 11th.-The band attended the Kilauea this p. Ill" land, "l'rig. Sta, No.2,' of -- bearing 259°46', true, dis­ to serenade Gov. Dominison hisdeparture.--'Ve stated I 'tant 4205 feet, and the sharp point of -- 211°00' (N. 31° last week that if we. could not have' wind, &-c:, that IE,) ,the ~ocnl de,clination beiug- 7°30' E., and running as Berger would blow for us, and he hasverified our assCl'- follows. tion. ' . - I 1. S: 35°50' E. true, 360 feet along --" &c. - Oct. 13th-The G'iovanni Apiani left to-day for Tahiti, I It will be seen that-first is located the particular spot and the O. Mo, Ward for the Guano Islands; considering Ion the grpund; second its place on general maps; third, our having drifted to the line they have not now so far to a future surveyor coming on the ground on a cloudy to go.--The leak of the Marianne Nottebohm is said to I day, an immediate means is afforded of fixing the meri­ have been-discovered to-day in the garboard streak. dian j fourth, the local declination gives a means of find- Oct. 14th.-Several vessels reported in the passage ing the peak l'eferred to. ' trying t,o find us in these trying times, resulting in the It is not a good way to give both the true and magnet­ arrival of the Wm. O. Pm'ke, with n cargo of lumber'--I ic bearings of the-' same line, Either one or the other, SUbs~ripti~nlist in,cirCUlation to get UI) a Celebration giv~ng .pr:-ferenc:- of course to the form.er? always stating of HIS MaJes~y:s !Jlrthday next month: a ~haJ1ce ~or whICh It IS that IS used. The exac~ ongmal wording of every~odr to JOIn HI, as the rates rU,le low..--rhe sOCIal Ithe surveyor should be always preserved in all docu­ Td~~~~I~ilm~E~~~.t~e~Fe~:~ thIS evemng at the res- ments which embody the same description within them- selves. 'l'here al'e mati;}' maps on file in the Interior Office that LAND MATTERS IN HAWAII.-No. 15. give neither the date nor the name of the author, often­ BY C. J. LYONS. times not the name of the'district, even the name of the It should be'understood that there is no intention in land'itself being omitted in a few cases. Everything' the remarks made in the preeeeding articles to disparage should be given in fUll, even the person for whom the' the procuring and use of the better'class of instruments. survey is made, and the number of the Awa.rd or Patent, 'rhe aim has solely been to suggest to those who are oc­ covering it. casionally engaged in the work, better methods than are '1'here is now remaining to be noticed the II Boundary likely to be found in books, and La land-owners some Commission" business. As was stated before, a large hints as to whether work done for them is properly done number of Ahupuaas and Ilis were awarded by name or not. 'rhcre have lately been in this town two expen­ only. The Land Commission haVing 'ceased to exist, it sive law-suits, originating in defective surveying,-a became neceSsary 'to provide some means of legalizing cause and an effect both desirable to avoid. the lines of boundary between awamed lands, wherever The most generally lIseful instrument fOl' all kinds of they had not been awarded by survey. 'rhis and noth­ work in this line is theflve-inch tr~nsU-thcodolite,-eit,h­ ing else is the business of the Boundary Commission. el' the American form known as the "S'urveYQr's Tmn­ "Itis not concerned with boundary disputes as such. It sit," or the corresponding modern English one, made by is only w:hen the locality of an award, and, in a very the leading instrument makers of that country. My own few cases ofa Royal Patent, has nothing but the ancient experience fayors the latter. The" solar compass" has traditions and testimony founded thereon to determine some drawbacks connected with its use. it, that the Commisioner is ca.lled upon by the owner to It could be wished that the "azimuth system" of re- issue a "Certificate" defining it "either by survey, by Islandel:". _.._-----_._- natural (:opogi:aphical features, 01' by permanent boun- field, therefore, a steamer is neithel' needed nor desired, dal'y marks." It will be seen that a description by and for the government to enter into competition with means of ancient names of localities,-"wahi pana,"- this branch of the trade is an injustice to individuals is not in the limits of·the statute. and unfavorable to public prosperity. On the other 'I'he Act for the appointment of Boundary Coml1lis- hand, the t,ransporta.tion of mails and passengers, and sionel's was passed in 1862. At first there were two for some fast freights, sucnas live stock, &c., is not satis­ ~ach gUbernatori~1 distl'ict, t.he ~olice or Distl'i~t Justice Ifa~tQl·.ily performed by sailin'!? vessels, and privat: enter­ III eaeh place, actlllg as umpll"e III case they disagreed, pnse IS not ready to pel'form It at all in steamers, tbere­ 'rhis, as might be expected, 'was a failure, and subse- fOI'e the government :nay legit.1matelyand consistently quently the late G. M. Robertson of the Supreme Bench with the public good carryon such an enterprise. became sole Commissionel' for the group, In 1868 the I think that this is sound principle, and that the gov­ law was modified, since which time there have been cl'llment must injure its Olvn interests in ignoring it, as four Commissioners, one in cach main district. Their Isome clamorously insist that it shall. The whole or work has progl'csscd very slowly owing to various partial extinction of the coasting fleet means sevei'e loss causes. to those who have invested in it,.and the taking away It is a matter of regret that there has been so littl~ of the employment and wa,ges.of many worthy and skill­ uniformity in their methods of procedure. Of a large ful native schooner captains .(md of hundreds of hard number of lands thus defined, JIO maps'whatever hn,ve working native seamen. been filed in the Interior Department. Complaints The remark of " Common Sense" t.o the effect that often arise that sufficient notice is not given to parties the ICilauea has more wOl'k than..she can do, is signifi­ concerned, residing as they oftentimes do at a distance. cant of the desire and intentIon of those who are iuter­ The best way of procedure wol.lld seem to be this: Maps :ested ingovel'nment steam .enterprise here, to push and of the lands in question, prepared from good surveys by enlarge the business to the utmost, to build a still larger persons approved at the Intel'ior Office, and containing steamer, and with the public revenues to interfere as far ~mch full information as to be intelligible t.o all concern- as possible with the natural course of tl:ade. . ed, should ,be on file in som.e .public office, say ~or ni~1ety Another objection to a large boat, is, that from its size days pI:evlOus to .the deCls~on, and dU~ notwe gIven it would be unfitted for entering and maneuvering in thereo.f Ul,ordel' that all p.al'tles may conSider the matter many of the small ba)'s and harbors, where even the at their leisure. Kilauea often finds herself in straitened circulUstances. A better organized Land Office is very much needed, It is probable that with a larger steamer, her little illci­ The General Clerk of the Interior Office has too great a dents of getting aground and trying to plough tlll'ough diversityof business to give due attentionto it. The reefs, with their resultant expenses for repairs, would second clerk is mainly'occupied in making out Royal far surpass the similar histol'ic occasions of the Kilauea. Patents OIl awards-and furni§hing copies of documents. From.the average demands of the trade for mail, pas­ The Surveyor General has the tOlJOgrapbical survey on senger and fast freight traffic, it is not difficult to esti­ hisbands, while his assistants are bandied about fl'om mate the proper dimensions of a steamer, which it would one kind of job· to another, the whole groaning under be'proper for the government to run or to subsidize. As the weight of tile tanglement of old and new that has the Kilauea carries a large quantity of heavy freights, been previously pointed about in these papers. it follows,other things being equal, that she is larger The object aimed at should be that the Government tban is nooessarYi but ifsbe can be properly repaired, it should know the location of its own Patents foi' Land, may be the best plan to run her till she becomes unsea­ and be able to furnish information concerning the same. worthy. If a new stc.o'uner must be procUl'€d, the re­ lt should know, too, what is left unpatented, and it was quirements of-the service would demand in assuring more for this object than any other that the then Minis- sufficient speed and appropriate, carrying capacity for ter of Interior, F.W. Hutchison, instituted the Govern- passengers and fast ffeights, a very different boat ffom ment Survey in 1870. the Kilauea,. a model of less'tonage, greater proportion- ate width of beam and greater speed., would probably MR. EDITOR:-I do not take my pen to refute the best satisfy these requirements. rather positive assertions of the champion ofthe gov- As to tbe authority the government may have to el'l1ment steam monopoly, whi~h have appeared from invest in a new '~teamel' there is not a point to hang an time to time in the Advertiser, though I desire here to ,argument on except the Act of 1872, where provision is record my appreciation of the bappy instinct which led made for investing surplus moneys in the treasury" not him to feel the necessity of labeling his effort" Common otherwise appropriated" in a steamer, to the amount of Sense." eighty thousand dollars. But the proposition now is, to . to th "t t· I b "t th .I spend one hundred_and twenty thousand dollars, I be- Bu t t 0 come e pom a Issue; su ml e simp e . 1 'tl . 't'. th t ts h' . ht t te heve, and moreover, t lere are no moneys 111 1e treasury proposl IOn a governmen ave no l"lg 0 compe I" th" pp p , ted" with private enterprise, the only exception being those not 0 elWlse a ro .rl1l.., .. cases where private enterprise wiIlnot, from inability 01' I ha:e reason to believe that the pla~ ofbUlldlllg :m any other cause, perform a needed s~rvicei and in such expenSIve steamer by thegover~ment,IS generally .un­ circumstances the charge of competition falls to the popular amo.n? .tax-payers, w~1l1e ~he more practwal ground. It is on this principle that subsidies are some- plan of subsldlzlllg a steamer 111 private bands at the times given by governments to 'railroad, steamship and m.te of, say, one .thousand dollars a mon.th, ,,:ould meet 'ther important enterprises' and let it be remembered WIth almost ulIlversal support. There IS no doubt but ~hat the consideration of a :Uail contract is not neces- that the offer of an appropriate subsidy would be taken sarily a-subsidy. Applying this test to ourselves, we up imme?iately by competent parties. , find that tpe frei.ghting ,business between the islands is, I ~r: E~:tor, I do not own ~ny. schooners, neither am I or can be satisfactorily performed,-excepting only, the a rmg man; I only write III behalf of the greatest cal"l'ying o,f live stock in some cases, and a few other Igood of the greatest nnmber, items ot minor importance-by sailillg' vessels, In this I Yours, &c" "rATCH~fAN, The Islander.

'rHE SWEDISH COLONY IN MAINE. tract and nothing upon which they could rely but their BY .JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. faith in the honesty of the Commissioner. It is indeed FOUNDING 'rHE COLONY.. refreshing to oue who is weury of describing the wrong and outrage with which earth is filled to be able to re­ Oue of the most interestingevents in the history of the cord that Mr. Thomas was true ·to his trust. colonization of these UllIted States is the establishment The colonists were generally religious men. They of the Swedish colony in the wilderness of Aroostook carried wit.h them their Christian principles, their sacred Connty; Maine. . Sabbath,. and their chUl'eh observances. With great Mr..WilliarD W; Thomas, Jr., a graduate of Bowdoin wisdom the colony had been formed that there miO'ht be College, three years after his graduation, was appointed artisans prepared for all emergencies far away in the United States Consul· at Gothenburg, Sweden. He re­ wilderness. There was a civil engineer, a blacksmith, mained there three years j becamc familiar with the lan­ two carpenters, a basket-maker, a wheelwright, a baker, guage, and with the manners and customs of the people. a tailor, and a shoemaker. '1'he women were expert in Sweden was crowded. The inhabitants were in a high the use of the spinning-wheel and the loom. Of the men degree, intelligentj industrious. and Ohristian. They it was written: dwelt in a cold, invigorating, healthy climate, essential­ "They are a!l tall. amI 8tRI~art;. with blue e)"es, light hair, Aud cheerful, ly like that of northern Mallie: Mr; Thomas bec..'1.me hone~t faces. 1 here 111 no phYSical defect or 1:lemish among them n deeply impressed with the desirableness of securing a The emigrants landed at Halifax on the 10th of July, colony of these hardy people td settle in the unimproved traversed the peninsula of Nova Scotia, crossed the broad bnds of his native State., With his friends in Sweden bay of Fundy, and ascended the river St,· Johns.- They he conversedfreely upon the subject; arrived at Tobique, on the eastern side of the river, in Upon his return to Portland, wbere he opened an ofl;lce New Brunswick, on Friday, the 22d of July, and drove as a lawyer, and was soon sent as a representativ·e to the across the border into Maine. At Fort Fail'1ield t.he Legislature, he urged the subject upon the community American flag was raised to welcome them; a salute in conversation and letters. Many intelligent men ar­ dently embraced the idea. In the year 1869 the question was fired in honor of their arrival, andtlJey"were ad­ was discussed by the Legislature. ·The re·sult was that dressed in words of cordial greeting by HOD. P. P. Bur­ after several preliminary movements, Mr. Thomas sail­ leigh and Rev. Daniel Stickney. There was quite a ed for Gotlienburg, Sweden; in the steamship Oity of festivity in the forfon this joy(ul occasion; Many set­ Brooklyn, and ll\nded there otl. the 16th.of May, 1870. tlers from the surrounding region had assembled to pre­ Governor JoshuaL. Chamberlain 'was then in the sent the hand of fratel'llal welcome to the strangers. gubernatorial chair. He consecrated his tireless ener­ The Swedes were invited to a sumptuous collation in gies to the enterprise, and. through all its stages gave it the Town Hall. They then, ·with grateful hearts and his fostering care. Mr. Thorrlaii ,vas iristl'Ucted to en­ strengthened resolutions, contHlued their journey still deavol; tQ form a colony of t\vel1ty~five families, with a further north, in search ofo-their new homes. As they Christian pastor, None were to be received but those approached Carabou, .five hundred people met theIP, and who could bring testimonials from their village clergy-. escorted them into the village, with the salute of cannon man that they were temper~tei indllstrious, and worthy aild the music of a fine brass .band. Here again their of confidence. It 'was 'also essential that they should he.arts were cheered by words of welcome frolll John S. have sufficient· means to pay the,expenses of the trans­ .Arnold, Esq., and their bodies were refreshed with an ~tr. portation of themselves and their families to their new abllndant feast. Thomas acted as interpreter on homes. these oGCasions. . Mr. Thomas ovened his office in Gothenbul'g, aud At noon ,of Saturday, July 23d, .Ul70, the e~igrallts spread broadcast over ~he land circulars inviting immi­ reaohed the township which had been assign~d to them, gration, and truthfully 'descrilJiI1g the forest-covel'ed to which they gave the naUle of New Sweden. Itis said country, where arllple farms were offered them without that there is no better to\vnship in the State. The lati­ price. He also tr'aveled e~tensively,' conversing with tude is about the same with that of the flourishing city the people upon the subject by the roadside, in the pub­ of Quebec. The land is undulating, and covered with a lic vehicles, and at their own homes. Particular stress splendid growth of mable, birch, beech and ash. Brooks· was laid upon tbe fact that ndne~ould be accepted but of cool and crystal water flow through an the little val­ those who could produce the most satisfactory -testimo­ leys; and the land is remarkabiy free from stoiJes. nials of character, The State, previously·to the arrival of the ~tranger'S, Recruits soon began to appear; No doubtful case was had cut a road, through the forest, to the to\vnshipj had accepted.· In ,this way a colony of picked men, ,vith felled one 4undr'eq and twenty-five acres of trees, anq their wives and families, was collected. 'rhe colony coiI~ and had constructed for the emigrants, six comfortable sisted of twenty-two lllen; eleven women, and eighteen log houses. The long line pf heavily 10j\ded wagons children, with their· pastor=fifty-two in all; On the wourid their way along the newly.constructed road, 23rd of June this little band met in the Babtist hall in with the primeval forest, in its gigantic grandeur, rising Gotl)enburg, to take leave of their frien.ds. . About twd on either side. . , . . hundred-were present On the dccasion. It was an affect­ The Sij.bbath dawilEid ha.ppily upon this favored little ing scene, and was apprdpriateljY closed with prayer. band. Sweetiy their SaQbathdevotions bleli'ded with At noon of Saturday, June 25th, Mr. ThoJ.1las, with his all the voices of nature around t.hem; There was, of adventurous and confiding'band, sailed from Gothen­ course, some choice in the farms. But tbe question was burg, in the steamship OrlandQ. Ee had been in amicably adjusted bydi'awing lots; All were satisfied; . Sweden but forty days. There u~ust have been some~ Mr; ThomaS reports: . thing singularly pOtell,t in the influence of Mr, Tho\nas "Every. Swed.e was convinced that just the right lot. to enable him to illduce these worthy and intelligent had fllllen to hIm j and was enabled to find sO\l1ething about his llossessions which; in his eye, made it superior men to abandon home and country to cross an ocean of to aU otl:rers. So BUt'ely does ownership beget contellt~ four thousand miles, and to hew put for themselves new ment," homes in the wilderness of a strange land. with 110 con~ 'Vith hanc!s 111n.de stronger by jo;yfui hearts, the

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Swedes went to WOl'1;:, clearing up theil' farms. O"ne I [CONTINUED FRO" PAOE 218.) hundred acres of forest land were assigned to each. .\ SONG FOR KUALII " And so the wOI'k," writes Mr. 'rhomas, "went i;JrisklyI" • and happily Oll. 'rhe primeval American forest rang, I The sea, whose is the sea? from mol'll till eve, with the blows of the Swedish axe. For Ku 'rhe prattle of Swellish childrel~ a~1d the s0.ng of S,ve~ish 200 'l'he va;tness of the sea is.from Kahiki mothel's made unwonted musIC m the wIlds of Mame'I' , One cloudless day succeeded another. The'heats of sum- , Calm is the sea by the land, mel' were tempered by the woodland shade in which we i "Taken up is the sea in the hand, labored. New clearings opened out, and new log houses DI'essed is the hair with the sea ,vel'e rollerl up on every hand. Odd bits of board and \VI" II '. .I '1' salt happily twisted branches of trees were quickly converted lIte 1S t Ie lall WIt l.\i~ Y, sea, into needed articles of furniture. Rustic bedsteads, 205 Brown becomes the hall' 11l the sea, tables, chairs, and the omnipresent cradle, made their Red becomes the hair in the foaming sea. appearance in every house; and Swedish industry and "Rich is the soup of the cooked hoO' ingenuity soon transformed every log cabin into a Fat i'" the soup of the doO' "" home" . I"Dainty the soup of the fowl,"" 210 Savory the soup of the anae, COMMERCIAL. Strong the soup of the palani, THURsn,v, October 14,1870. A sea fOI' surf-riding is at Kahaloa, NOTWITSTANDINO the dullnes of rimes and \,eather, we find the Clara. Bell A sea for casting the net at Kalia, has met wit.h dispatch in procunnl{ return rreight. having deared to.day for Slin 1 A sea for going naked is at Mamala, 0 Francisco with a .arlto valued at $23,07,8 14. consisting of 21& bhls Molasses, 67 215 A sea fOI' swimming to the sand hills, lJagd Rice. 2.896 pkgR Sugar, 2,350 Cocoanuts aDtl 30 bLebs Banaoas. The Giovanni Aplani sailed l'esterday 'for Tahiti with a cargo valued at A sea for surf-riding sideways at Makaiwa, $2.3325<1, cous;sUng of 18 pkgs Hecia Rum, 100 bbls Mola.ses, 30 hbl. Beef,60­ A sea for scooping anae at Keehi, kegs Sugar aud foreign produce. The 0 ~i Ward also sailed' yesterday wilh sup A sea for Cl'abs at Leleiwi, plies fo' lhe Guano Islands. A labyrinth harbor the sea of Puuloa, The W. C. Parke is at hand wilh a cargo ofa.sorted lumber much needed. 220 A calm sea for nehu and lala, The pioneer.sleamer of the new line to "ustralis, Va.seQ de G~ma, may be looked for :Saturday afterRoon. ' Is the sea at Ewa, so calm and bright, '!'he great lands of Ewa of Laakona, HONOLULU SHIPPING. Ku holding the heaven and its rain, The·mottled sea of Heeia, ARRIVALS. 225 A sea f9r spearing !Lee at Kapapa, Oct. 8-Stmr Kilauea, Marchant, from HawaII and Maui. A head-lifting sea at Kualoa, 9-Schr W'Lrwiek. John Bult, froJit t.anai. '. ,A sea with curved rollerS at Kaaawa, ,9-8chr Mary EUeo, Man~ from lIanalel. 'Kallal. lO~Schr .I,aunita~ 0 D'udoit, from Molokai.'·· . A sea for the dhiu, at Kahana; lO-Schr Hattie, Kalauao, (m: Waimea &t- Koloa. Kauai Paao let loose the flood, l1-~chr l\1anuoka\vsi, l(alawaia., (rom ~oloaa. 14""","chr Mile Morris, Lima, flO Kaunakakai. 'Molokal. 230 Flood seen like the dasllingwaterfall, 14-8chr.lt:nny, UiInma, rlJl.K,ona and. Kau, HawHoii. Haw hk W C Parkc, Adams, 40 days ({Om 'Pu~et Sound.' The flood seen rushing down from above; The depths are seen far below, The hidden depths from below of Kona. DEPARTURES. A handle, an axe, the cord, the cover, Oct. 8-1!chr Kinau. Ahuihala, fo, Maliko, Maui 8 ~Schr Ka ~lol, Reynulds, for I,ohulul, Maui. 235 'rake it, bind it, wind it around, S-Schr Kamaile, Rolles. for Koloa and Waiulca. 8-Brit ship Ravendtondale, Wm Jack. for San Francisco. Cut down the foundations of Kahiki, 9-S~hr P'luahi. Hopu, for Uilo, Hawaii. Whileit still rains at Hilo. l1-Slmr Kilauea, Marchant. for Maul ondllawail. ll-~la,y t:i1en, Mana. for M,,-alaea;~Maui.. ' 'rhe rain clouds over the sea part at Maheleana. I1-Schr Wanvick, John BUil, for Kailiupap.... Molokai. Let it rain on the people. 12-~chr Juanita, Dudoit, for Maui i1nd Molokai. 12-8chr Hattie, Kalauao, for Koloa &. Wahnea.Kauai. 'rhere is the rain till it ceases; la-Ra.w 8chr Giovanni Apiani, Dorily, for Tahili. 13-Am schr CM Ward, I.ambert. for Guano hlaoda. 240 A long day with the wind, 13-Schr.. Manuokawai, Kala,vaia, for Molokai. Cramped is the traveler by the rain, Mahiki opposes his free progress, VESSELS EXPECTED FROM FOREIGN PORTS. There is Mahiki making him fall. ---- ... - , French Corvelle Infernet left Auckland May 10th, 10 cruise en route. Puukahonull,­ \law hark RC WYlie, from London. to H lIackfeld &. Co, is due. 245 Mihiolani his Wife, German bark Ceder~ from Bremen, to II Hackfeld & Co, is due. Am ship Syren, from Boston, 10 C Brewer &. Co, sailed June 2'2. Wakea lived and took Papa his wife, Brit bk Aglai., from Liverpool, 10 Theo II Davies ,Is about due. Am ship Gatherer. from Philadelphia, with coals 10 U 8 Governmenl, sa,led _ Naupaka was born-the weed by the sea-shore, June 28. Ohikimakaloa thewife, Urit stmr l'tlacgregor, fm Sydney, -to 8rewer'& Co, due Oct 18. PMS Vasco de Gama. flO eall Francisco, due Oct 16. Whom coveted Hulumanailani; . Brit slmr City of Melbourne. from S Frandsco, 10 Brew.er I< Co, due Oct ~9. Am Ilk Garibal.di, from Porlhnd, en route to China, is about due. 250 Struck with hot desire, overcome with love, Am schr hnny, from Ochotsk. i. about due. Mehepalaoa, child of Malena, Am bark Mary 8eUe Roberts, from San Francisco, to H. UacHeld &. 00., is due. Am bktne J. A. Falkinbu'g, from Astoria, io Castle I< Cooke, is abouf'due.' ' Like the broad sea calrlied b~ Manua; Am bk O. V. Murray, f,om ::lan Francisco, to C Br,ewer &. Co, is about due. 'fhe day of sacred march-the holy place; Where the breath is held, and the priests tl\.lk,:;:;:. PASSENGERS. 255 The silence is broken=the scene breaks up• .Faoll\WiNllwARD POIlTS-Pe, 'KUauca. Oct 8tll-H RH Prior.e,Leleiohokil, The rolling of the thunder, of Lonoj WJ Noa, RP Parker, J Ill:iievers, Mrs II J Nolte, Mrs E Btre~z, A 811 rgeBs and wife. Master' A Carter, G 1I0lmes,J WoOOs, S Btaines, W Meyersbu,g,M S Rumbling thro' heaven,the sea is disturbed, [river? Grinbaum and Wife, W ll. Akana,J W Widdelleld. W,S Altona, Mrs Ai and 2 d~rkness chihlren, Mrs A"fong aild' son, C 11 Akana, Judge. Forna.nd-er, Mrs Kapeoa and Who is this? Hikapll-lo/t, brooding over the Child, and 30 deck pas.. .' ,, (No;) Kane and Ahuluka:tala, FOil W'Nnw ..n PORTa-Per Kilauea, Oct 11th-Hi. Ex. J 0 Dominis Mrs Kapeoa, Prof Ricbter, G Smith, Sit MooD. JW Widdelleld, 1\1r Stillman;S NOll, 260 Kaneimakaukltu~A4ulu, Miss E Llpoa, H R Hi,chcock, Rev Theod Lauter, 8 W~Kawainui and wife, J.... W Gay, Jas McDade, Dr Eoders, Thoa Hayseldon, and about 40 deck. Twice ten days I am with you, 0 Ku-Kualii, FOil GUANO Is-Per C 1\1 Wa,d, Oct 13th:.-.tai Green and 1 laborer. Here is the attractive hook of Kapaau, FOR TAII,TI-Per Giovanni Apiani, Oct 13'h..,..W T llrndley •'00 S,N fl"Nclscn-l'~r(j1i'''1 Bell, Oc, loth-E VThwing, .1 Holland. 'rhe men of Wawa are at Kapull. 226 The Islander.

\Vhite are thc canc blosSoms of Hawi, He kai ahiu ko Kahana 265 Here is the torch of Kukuipahu, I wehe kai ill. Paao The wOlllan red-mouthed, 230 Ikea Pall.o i ka wai hi By eating the sea-egg of. Mal,akuku. Ikea ka hiwa mai lalo Kona, Here is the climbel' of palis. O'kahiwa-i, mai lalo Kuna., Of the laduer of Nualolo, He au, he koi, he aha, he pale, 270 The child catching birds, E kil, e hoa, e hanalmna, Raising his bird-catching pole at Lehua, 235 E kua i kUlllu 0 Kahiki-e­ Kulm-Aa. Aua mai Hilo, Haulanuiakea, the sea, Ke kuee nei na opua ua 0 Mahe-Ieana Of Hinaimanua, E ua mai kanaka . 275 Pnepaemanaku was the man, Ilaila 1m ua a 'malie MalmaaJii the woman; 240 He lala loa i ka makani Born was Kanaen&e that abides on the mountain, Haiki ka m~ke 0 ka ua The one-Bonged hinikini that sings on the high Hakookoo ana :Mahiki i ka puka lea mountain, Aia Mahild, ke ka mai Ill.. Fed on the front seat of the canoe, o Puukahonua, . 280 :Molokai is tOI'll in sunder. 245 0 Mihiolana ka wahine, The tearing in sunder by Kana, Noho Wakea noho iaPapa, It is death traveling mauka; death makai. Hanau ka naupaka ku i ke kahakai Luukia is suffering head-ache, Ohikimakaloa ka wahine, Sick of the Btomach, Hooipo 0 Hulumanailkni, 285 Conceiving the child, 250 Ku i ka ena anaia ilalo, When the ie brings forth the forest is tangled, o Mehepalaoa 0 Malena, The lupua and lalana bring forth. Me he kai olohia 0 :Manua, The rising thought of Lono, Kapolei his wife. Ka Ill. ka honua; 0 Ku, lanipipili, The anger comes, the action therefrom, . 0 Lanipipili, 0 Lanioaka, Aud glows with rage, . 255 0 LanikahuJi, 0 Oinealani, 290 But Ku is the chief, Ku the calm sea, o Lonohekili kaakaa, The rising tide of the nights of Ku. o Nakoloilani ka iloliloJi moallli This is the sea that breaks on the hala trees o Waia 0 Hikapaloa 0 ka po i muJiwai, . Breaking on the hala of Keaau, OKane, 0 Ahulukaaala, The calabash of knead('d earth. 260 0 Kaneikamakaukau, 0. Aahulu, 295 The road is like a hokeo, Alua anahulu au ill. oe e Ku-e-o Kualii. This is the company of-travelers. Eia ka paia ai 0 Kapaau, The traveled road" Kanaka 0 Wawa ka i Kapua, Where the earth of :Mahiki is made soft, Kea pua hako 0 Hawi, Trodden down by the foot. 265 Eia' ke puhi kukui ai 0 Kukuipahu', Ka wahine waha ula, HE MELE NO KUALII. Ke ai i ka ina 0 :Makakuku, o ke kai, ill. wai ke kai? Eia ke kanab. pH pali, Ill. Ku no. Haka ulili 0 NualoIo, 200 I nui mai kai i. Kahiki, '270 Ke keiki kiakia..manu-e­ . I iriiha kai i ka aina Kau kiakia manu 0 Lehua, I lawea kai i ka lima o Kuku, o All., I kiki ke oho i ke kai o baula nui i akea ke kai, I ehu ke oho ike kai Jiu Hina i Manau, 205 I pala ke oho i ke kai loa 275 0 Paepaemanaku ka a luna, I lele ke oh6 i kai kea Aia Makaaalii kana wabine, He_kai l~uhlnia ko ka puaa Hanau Kanaenae noho kuamallna, He kai lihaJiha ko ka ilio Ka hinibini pololei kani kuaola He kai oku!}uli ko ka moo Raina iho i ka wae mua 0 kll. wall., 210 He kai ala ko ka anae 280 0 Moloimi Ill. ua naha,' He kai"hauna.ko ka paiani Ke naha a Iele apann. a Kana Ill.. 1'Ie kai h.eenalu ko Kahaloa Make, holo uka, holo kai, :He k!).! hului ko Kalia RoonaIuIu ana Luukia, . He kai hele kohana ko Mamala Hoopailua i ka .iloli, 215 He kai au ko ka puu one ·285 Ke kaulua 0 ke kamaiki, He kai kaha nalu ko :Makai~.a Aia hanau ka ieie hibi ka nahele, He ~ai ka anae ko Keehi Hanau ka Iupua me ka Iulana, .... He kai alamihi ko Leleiwi Ku i ke opu 0 Lono, Kapolei ka wahine, He kai awa lau kee Puuloa Ku ka il)alna i hope ka lanalana, [malimali, 220 -He kai Pllhi nehu, pubi lalli., 2.~0 Ku}{,ona i hoa-o Ku no ke alii-o Kp no ke kai Ke )tal Q Ewa e noho i kl!o Iq.i I)£~ Me ~e kai ea, a nil. Ku a nil. l{u, . :Na Ewa nui a Laakona Eia ke kai kuikui hala, ~u i ke alai-ka ua 0 ka la~11 Kuikui h.ala 0 Keaau, Kaj apubpuka Heeil!- Ka umeke hoowalina lepo, 225 He' klii ~ hee ko Kapapa 295 Me he h.okeo Ill. ke ala, He k~i Qhaika l{uaioll< . . ~ia ka huak.ai hel(', He ltai aei Iw I{aMwa Alanui kan~ka,

1 .. ·}:",,:,4 .• ,....,·..·...... Th.e Islallder. 227

~Tali ai 1m lepo 0 Mahiki, i 2-52 OloMa, calm and broad. J.farmct, a priest \\rho had Ka paala e ka waewae. ipower to do this. Line 201 M iha the calm in the lee of the land. I 2.53 The progress of love is compared to the progress of 202 Lawea-laweia. ' I a kapu, sncred day, when the people in pefect silence 203 ICiki the st,ifi' way of dressing the hair called, marched through the heiau, ~tnd prostrated themselves kcohopulcai-the recent elevated style of waterfall, 011.0:-: not daring to stir for fear of death. Kai-honua, great

lauoho. II march or procession. j"ulanipipili, sacred part of hc'iau. 204 I"ai l-iu, the sea in hollows on the rocks. 254 Lanipipil'i, refNs to holding of breath. Lanioaka, 205 Kai loa, salt water of the open sea. i the talking of the priests alone. 200 Lclo. bleached from the blackness into a reddish i 255 LanikahuU, the sacredness began to break up-and brown. ICai kea, 'foaming sea, beh('ld the breakers. IOmealani, the storm cl~us up; i. e., the sacred SCene 207 Kuhinia, rich. Icloses. ' 211 Palani, a kind of stro,ng tasting fish. 2~0 Lono-hekili, the god'Lono is thundering.. 212 Kahaloa at Waikiki' the localities mentioned here! 257 Nakolo, means to ramble along. Iloli, a word follow one another along the coast from Waikiki to Ewa. , referring to the loathing of food by pregnant women. 207 A play on words; the double use of kai for salt i ap~lied he~e to the distul'bed state of the sel~ in a sto.rm. watm' and for gravy suggesting these five lines-207-211. I 208 Owa~a, a pl~y on a proper na~le of a Inng. H,tka- 213 ICohana, naked. J.£amdla the entrance to Hono- poloa, a WICked Inng who lulled Ius nephews-his evil lulu harbor. 'fhe natives often traveled along the reef, idee?s c?mpared to the; darkness suggested by the word especially in time of war, to avoid their enemies on the !,PO ~n hIS name. ' land 'coming; to the break in the reef at Mamala were 209 lCane, on the contrary,.beneficent and good. obliged to swim across. . 260 Kane'imaleaukau, a god skillful in all kinds of 216 ICaha, to move sideways as when a horse shies off. work-and so a title to anyone who was ready at any- 217 Ka anae, the lea a scoopnet. thing. .Ahul~, a god, name introduced here from its 218 A small cmb, alamihi. resemblance In sound to the succee~iiriganc!:hulu: 219 .Awalau, many bays. Kee, crooked. All travelers 261 .Ana/mlu, used for ten, as we sas "a dozen" for have noticed the harbor 'Of Ewa. twelve. The writer of the_ song with KuaIii for this· 220 Puhi, calm from blowing the chewed kukui over length of.time. ' ' its surface,-spreading the:oil over the sea. 262 Paza, the pearl fish-hook used for bonita, or aku. 222 Laakona chief of Ewa. Several lands called Ewa. Kapaau, a land in Kohala, name used here with' allu­ 223 A title of ~{ualii. ' .' , Ision ~~ its meaning as denoting a strong read.y man, viz. '224 .Ap!tkapuka, many colored. 'l'hese localities on KUa;!JJ., . north-east coast of O~thu. I 260 Themen of Wawa, I. e., awkward men. Hawawa.-- 226 Oha'ika, applied to the fisherman lifting his head' Kapua, is ~t the.north point of Koh~la. An unskillful up 0ften 100 1{lng· down as 1.ue fi" sh e d " I fisherman 10 trymg to weather the pomt and. l,eel)' along" 227 .Aei curving. WIth the fl~et of canoes would often be oblIged to put iu 228 All..' fi 1 there and gIve up-hence the old saying, "Kau i Kapua zu, a . s 1. 1" 11. 229 'Ka·i 0 Paao another name for Kaiakahinolii the ta auwaa panana ; panana- awawa; A saying fre- flood-also called' kai a ka hulu manu-birds lost all quently quotl;d. n.ow a days. There is also a similar .. Kapua at Walklkl. theIr feathers m the flood. 265 A double allusion to the proper mime Kukuipahu 231 Hiwa, applied to what is sacred and hidden, hiwa- a place at Kobala; a great torch, also called larnaku~ ' hiwa. Ihea-Iheia. 267 !.na, a sea-urchin used for food-found at Puako, . 232 Kona, a term for t\le lower regions of the earth. H;~a~akaul'ili the rude ladders fixed on tl " .._ 233 The different parts of an old Hawaiian stone adze. tous coast for the use of fishermen and birdecf~~~~~~. 234 l£oa, to wind around in order to fasten. Lana- N uololo, a pali at Kauai, on the north-west coast. '1 hese lana to bind-eumpare the same term for a spider. compari~on~all refe~ to K.ualii.. ' , , , 271 Kzakza, catchmg buds WIth a pole, at the end of 237 lCuee-ku kaawale. Opua, lines of cloud over the which was eitber bird-line or a noose. At the islet of sea. J.:faheleana, the place otfthe east point of Hawaii Lehull;. near N~ihau, was a great variety of birds-the where the trade wind divides and becomes an east wind o'u bem.g .esp~C1ally so.ught a~ter there. • , _~ • _ ,272 RldICuhng unskIllful blrd catchers, who leu noaa, aown the coast or .t1amakua, ana 1~. N. E. d,own that of stand still and gaze --, through the double meaning of Puna. these proper names. . 230 At Hilo. 273 A voyager. 240 The 10nO' days of summer marked by steady trades . 275.A luna, upper jaw, wahine is a lalo. Paepaema- :" ..'. naku was also -the name of a place for all refuse matter. 241 lCa make a ka ua, the suffenng occasIOned by the, 277 Naenae, also the name of the plant called" pewter rain. sword," and resembling the;silver sword ofthe mountain. 243 Hokookoo, strive, struggle. 278 H,inihini and pololei, insects that sing in the 244 k 11. • h mountam woods. . " PThu,u a dontuha , an ancdl~nt c. aracter. . f 279 Wae mua, the front seat ofhonor on a canoe. 24 I IS an e succee mg 1mes are a successIOn 0 280 The deep gorge on north side of Molol,ai near names with a double meaning-a sort of personification Pelekunu, said to be made by Kana, the god. ' exceediOy difficult to understand. Naupaka, a thick 284-290 The allusions in t~ese lines to something leaved shrub growing where the salt spray falls-also a ~tormy, pr~gnancy and rage-mcontrast to the succeed- 109 comparIson of Ku to the calm sea. proper name. 290 Ihoa-iho la-malornalo-malino. 249 Hooipo, to make love to. 291 Kai ea, rising sea. Na ku; the nights of the first 250 Ena is the glow on the sky over a fire or preced- quarter of the.moon called ku, when the tides are highest. .. '. .'. 293 Keaau lO Puna, and the road through the woods of mg sunrIse-applIed here to ,the prevIOusly mentIOned that region being very muddy, the poet is Jed off into love. .Anaia, knocked down, crushed down. reflections thereupon. ' -' d bill' . . 295 Holceo, a deep straight-sided calabash, to which 201 ~fehepalC:-0a, on e a USlon compales the love to the chief cut, and muddy path is compared. the close hangmg of the ornament palaoa around the 298 J.:fahilci, the road through the woods from Waimea neck. This was a royal ornament made of ivory. to Waipio-very muddy. 228 Islan.der.

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